Project Details
Title: Arvin-Edison Water Storage District Transfers and Exchanges with Kings River Districts and Kern County Districts (2025 -2034)
Tracking Number: CGB-ED-2025-030
Progress: COMPLETED
Summary: Reclamation proposes to approve a 10-year (extending March 1, 2025 to February 28, 2034) transfer and exchange program that would allow Arvin-Edison to provide up to 100,000 acre-feet of its available contracted or acquired Friant Division CVP water supply (other than Section 215 water supplies) to the Kings River Area Agencies or various Kern County Districts consistent with Arvin-Edisons 9(d) Repayment Contract. Proceeds from the transfer of CVP water to Kings River Area Agencies or Kern County Districts would be used to acquire substitute water supplies that can ultimately be delivered to Arvin-Edison in order to continue meeting its customers needs and/or increase groundwater recharge opportunities. Alternatively, Arvin-Edison could also exchange CVP supplies with Kings River agencies provided that the return water is from Millerton Lake. Alternatively, the Kern County Districts could also propose to return (exchange) to Arvin-Edison up to 50,000 acre-feet per year of other supplies consisting of CVP, Kern River, and State Water Project (SWP) water supplies during the same 10-year period. The 10-year transfer and/or exchange programs would allow Arvin-Edison to fully utilize their contracted Friant Division CVP supply and allow the Kern County Districts to deliver additional surface water into their service areas to help reduce groundwater extractions and therefore assist in achieving sustainable groundwater conditions. The Proposed Action does not include construction of new facilities or modification to existing facilities, and no native, untilled, or similar habitat lands would be disturbed as a result of the transfer and exchange program.
Contact
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E-Mail
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Brian Lopez 559-262-0336 N/A blopez@usbr.gov
Status
03/05/2025Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impacts posted.
12/16/2024Draft Environmental Assessment posted for public review through 1/14/2025.
11/22/2024Environmental Assessment in progress.
List of Available Reports
File Report Title File Ext File Size
CGB-ED-2025-030 Arvin-Edison Water Storage District Transfers and Exchanges with Kings River Districts and Kern County Districts (2025 -2034) FONSI .pdf 473,642 B
CGB-ED-2025-030 Arvin-Edison Water Storage District Transfers and Exchanges with Kings River Districts and Kern County Districts (2025 -2034) Final EA .pdf 3,136,633 B
Environmental Assessment, Arvin-Edison Water Storage District Transfers and Exchanges with Kings River Districts and Kern County Districts (2025 -2034) .pdf 1,354,520 B